HYDERABAD, March 27: District Naib Nazim Zafar Rajput says the district government has prepared a plan to raise literacy rate in collaboration with different education-oriented organizations to 85 per cent in the district by the end of 2008.

Mr Rajput said during a briefing officials of the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) gave on Monday him about “Releasing Confidence and Creativity (RCC)” programme at district nazim office, the district was working with various educational organizations to raise the standard of education and increase literacy rate.

Introduction of Early Childhood Education (ECE), English medium in primary schools, RCC programme and other activities under ESRA, DEEP and SDSSP were some of the steps the district had taken in this regard, he said.

The district naib nazim said another purpose behind engaging educational organizations was to ensure the government teachers get the latest teaching expertise to be at par with their colleagues in private sector.

—Bureau